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iv : Application for provisional release

Provisional release is a mean whereby a person continues to enjoy
freedom or regains it after having been placed in preventive detention

during the criminal proceedings. Such application is for provisional
release without bail, or with bail, or with bail and security submitted to
the court to consider for a release of an accused or a defendant for a

specified period of time.

Table 8: Applications for provisional release

Number of Granted Denied Absconding During
Applications by the Court by the Court Provisional Release

Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner Thai Foreigner
248,848 3,544 223,018 2,722 25,830 822 5,294 164

Note: The number of applications = granted + denied by the court

Overall, in 2021, there were 252,392 applications for provisional
release in total. In addition, 225,740 applications or 89% of the total

applications were granted by the court and there were 2% of the
accused or the defendants having absconded after getting the

provisional release.

v : Penalties and defendants

Important purposes of the Criminal Law Enforcement in Thailand

are to put people’s living in order, to protect innocent people, and to
impose penalties for persons who violate any social rules considered as

criminal offences. In 2021, 38% of defendants in Thai courts were
decided to suspend punishment or wait for sentence. However, the
most common type of sentence rendered by Thai courts was fines.

The defendants in Thai courts are not only Thai people but also
foreigners who violated the law of Thailand. Moreover, considering

gender of defendants, male defendants committed more crimes than
female defendants did.

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